{"id":7112,"date":"2018-05-22T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:15:52","slug":"learning-is-fun-with-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/05\/22\/learning-is-fun-with-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning is Fun with Water&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from my previous article, I received some more photographs from Michelle Howarth showing other activities which involved water and which were great fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-7112-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" 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number.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7457.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7116&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7457&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The photographer was keeping out of the firing line.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7458.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7117&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7458&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Can we aim at the correct answer?&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7460.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7118&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7460&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This seems like good fun.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7461.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7119&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7461&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Someone else who\\u0026#8217;s taking aim at the right answer.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7464.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7120&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7464&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Everyone has to have a turn!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7467.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7121&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7467&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Did I say everyone?&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7469.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7122&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7469&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;I\\u0026#8217;m sure you\\u0026#8217;ve had a turn before.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7488.png?fit=361%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7488&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Taking aim.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7491.png?fit=361%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7126&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7491&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The targets were lined up on the fence.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7506.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7132&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7506&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Waterproof clothing seems like a good 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too.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7513.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7135&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7513&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Taking aim.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7515.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7136&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7515&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;I hope our waterproofs work well!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7519.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7137&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7519&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Another teacher having a turn!!! Mmmmm!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7523.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7138&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7523&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The targets are held up.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7526.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7139&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7526&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Taking aim!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7528.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7140&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7528&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Firing!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7529.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7141&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7529&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Protective goggles for some.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7530.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7142&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7530&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Holding the potential answers up.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>Like the mental maths and water balloons, the children were able to participate in a shoot the ducks activity. The ducks had a number on them and the task involved shooting the duck with the correct answer to the sum or problem you were given to solve. Some rather fancy water pistols were used and, just for all you animal lovers&#8230;..no real ducks were harmed during this activity! Again, the learning experience proved to be great fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-7112-2-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7842.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7147&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7842&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Aiming for the letters and sounds this time!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7841.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7146&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7841&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A great throw!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7840.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7145&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7840&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;What good fun this was.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7839.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7144&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7839&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Seems like we\\u0026#8217;re all throwing at the same time.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/IMG_7838.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_7838&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Hitting the letter \\u0026#8216;e\\u0026#8217; right on the side.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>And&#8230;it&#8217;s not just maths you can have fun with. Some phonics work was also carried out.<\/p>\n<p>You just need to look at the faces in the photographs to see how much fun the pupils had doing their &#8216;work&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/dont-forget-the-book-fair\/gold-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"246,240\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gold-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gold-logo.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNCRC \/ RRSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 28 &#8211; Every child has the right to an education&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 31 &#8211; Every child has the right to relax, play&#8230;&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from my previous article, I received some more photographs from Michelle Howarth showing other activities which involved water<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-riverbank"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7842.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6JM5L-1QI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7149,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions\/7149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}